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Zali Steggall: what’s next for community independents?

Zali Steggall: what’s next for community independents?

There is a growing argument for a different kind of political movement – one that seeks to build on the principles of the community independent...

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Zali Steggall

Hanson came looking for a fight with the establishment. She got one

Hanson came looking for a fight with the establishment. She got one

Thanks to an ill-timed stunt at the Press Club by activist group GetUp, the One Nation leader got exactly what she came for.

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Phillip Coorey

The CGT debate can’t ignore Treasury’s tobacco tax failure

The CGT debate can’t ignore Treasury’s tobacco tax failure

The government has inadvertently underwritten a tobacco crime wave and is now trying to plug the revenue hole by increasing taxes on capital income.

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John Kehoe

The Fed should stop making excuses for inflation

The Fed should stop making excuses for inflation

New chairman Kevin Warsh’s first big act should be to hike rates. By keeping therm near zero, he is in adding fuel to both consumer and asset price...

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Ruchir Sharma

Australia may regret its war on negative gearing

Australia may regret its war on negative gearing

The government assumes investors will calmly migrate from established housing into off-the-plan developments. But investors are not pieces on a...

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Peter Swan

Rates on hold for all the wrong reasons

Rates on hold for all the wrong reasons

Any relief over the Reserve Bank’s decision to hold interest rates will be strictly temporary given the problems facing the Australian economy.

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Jennifer Hewett

RBA got shy again, just when Australia needed it to be bold

RBA got shy again, just when Australia needed it to be bold

Not wanting to be seen as political is admirable, but this is no time for Michele Bullock and her team to go back into their shell with inflation...

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Richard Holden

RBA’s slowdown will make Australia’s ‘political earthquake’ worse

RBA’s slowdown will make Australia’s ‘political earthquake’ worse

The Reserve Bank has no choice but to slow the economy. But that will only worsen the deep cracks in our economic and political foundations.

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Chanticleer

If Labor’s tax plan is so good, why rush it?

If Labor’s tax plan is so good, why rush it?

It’s a shame that so few politicians today possess the courage to have hard conversations about their policies and let their ideas stand on their...

yesterday 10

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The Afr View

Here is the $368b question nobody wants to ask about AUKUS

Here is the $368b question nobody wants to ask about AUKUS

If the pact is the right answer for Australia, it will withstand examination. If it cannot, that is something Australians need to know now, not in...

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Chris Barrie

Gareth Evans is wrong. AUKUS isn’t about China, but nation’s survival

Gareth Evans is wrong. AUKUS isn’t about China, but nation’s survival

Nuclear-powered submarines are not being acquired because Australia is seeking conflict but because it is a maritime trading country.

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Jennifer Parker

The most important treaty you’ve never heard of

The most important treaty you’ve never heard of

Fifty years on from signing the NARA agreement, ties between Tokyo and Canberra remain crucial for regional stability, maritime security and energy...

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Kazuhiro Suzuki

Trump is locking up world’s best AI – Australia should take notice

Trump is locking up world’s best AI – Australia should take notice

Washington is treating advanced models as guarded national assets, meaning Canberra must leverage its data infrastructure to protect its economic...

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David Wroe

Trump says he achieved peace with Iran. Did he?

Trump says he achieved peace with Iran. Did he?

Donald Trump cannot allow his instinct for self-congratulation to override the absolute need to carefully defuse the many minefields that lie ahead...

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The Afr View

Aussie lithium know-how helps Europe gain ground on China

Aussie lithium know-how helps Europe gain ground on China

The $3.9 billion Lionheart project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley will extract lithium from hot brine in underground reservoirs.

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Jennifer Hewett

Are men taking too many risks – or women too few?

Are men taking too many risks – or women too few?

Research by Alison Booth shows risk-taking is not biologically innate, showing how environments can be altered to push talented women into elite...

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Melissa Bray

History will judge today’s CEOs on how they handled AI

History will judge today’s CEOs on how they handled AI

Leading workers through the upheaval of this world-altering technology is shaping up to be a test for the ages.

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Pilita Clark

Slicing the pie or growing it: Australia stands at economic crossroads

Slicing the pie or growing it: Australia stands at economic crossroads

ANZ chief executive Nuno Matos has bluntly warned that the nation’s obsession with safety is choking its economic growth.

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Jonathan Shapiro

Why Bendel decision is not the silver bullet many hoped for

Why Bendel decision is not the silver bullet many hoped for

While the victory of accountant Steven Bendel over the ATO is being celebrated as a win for taxpayers, key questions remain.

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Robyn jacobson

What’s next after Barrenjoey overthrows Magellan and takes the keys?

What’s next after Barrenjoey overthrows Magellan and takes the keys?

The investment bank’s dealmakers are expected to embark on several acquisitions over the next 12 months, while the fund manager’s staff brace for...

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Joyce Moullakis

Hayne cleaned up banking. But at what cost?

Hayne cleaned up banking. But at what cost?

The reforms were a catharsis that contributed to a mostly positive cultural shift across the financial sector, but also spawned some unintended...

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The Afr View

Everyone thinks the RBA is done. They’re wrong

Everyone thinks the RBA is done. They’re wrong

The fear of “crashing the economy” by raising interest rates too much pales in comparison with what is emerging in Australia’s political economy.

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Warren Hogan

Three rate hikes later, is it time for the RBA to pause?

Three rate hikes later, is it time for the RBA to pause?

After raising the cash rate at consecutive meetings – and at the risk of appearing to double down – there is definitely scope for the RBA to pause...

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Stephen Miller

Why your super fund should help you buy a house

Why your super fund should help you buy a house

Assisting members into their own homes so they do not have to pay rent in retirement would go a long way to maximising their expected post-work...

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Michelle Levy

SpaceX is the first of three sci-fi IPOs with truly insane maths

SpaceX is the first of three sci-fi IPOs with truly insane maths

Elon Musk has shot for the stars with the first of three huge AI-based floats that ask investors to believe the companies can boldly go where no one...

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Paul Smith

How Melbourne is set to beat Sydney in the war for data centres

How Melbourne is set to beat Sydney in the war for data centres

Melbourne appears to be getting an edge over its northern rival. But other cities are pitching hard too and the backlash about energy and water...

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Joyce Moullakis

Labor and Liberals must fight back against Hansonomics

Labor and Liberals must fight back against Hansonomics

One Nation’s policies do not add up financially and would likely be economically disastrous. The major parties must present a proper plan to restore...

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The Afr View

How immigration turned high risk

How immigration turned high risk

The impact of mass migration is now at the red-hot centre of social division across Western countries. Australia is no exception.

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Jennifer Hewett

Cock-ups don’t count when the tribe thinks Hanson can do no wrong

Cock-ups don’t count when the tribe thinks Hanson can do no wrong

Voters flocking to One Nation, for now at least, don’t care about policy details or Pauline Hanson’s ability to run the country in this age of...

12.06.2026 10

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Phillip Coorey

Listen up Strayans, I’m a unifier, not divisive like Pauline

Listen up Strayans, I’m a unifier, not divisive like Pauline

Strayans are not pitted against foreigners. The mob we’re pitted against is each other.

12.06.2026 10

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Josh Szeps

Grace Tame’s podcast speaks to the NDIS’s autism paradox

Grace Tame’s podcast speaks to the NDIS’s autism paradox

We must have an honest conversation about a condition that can describe both a successful media personality and a person who will need lifelong care.

12.06.2026 10

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Clare Rowe

As SpaceX launches, Australia’s data centre boom risks stalling

As SpaceX launches, Australia’s data centre boom risks stalling

The question is whether our political class can overcome self-imposed barriers on energy, planning and copyright to seize this golden opportunity...

11.06.2026 10

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The Afr View

SpaceX’s value lies in Starlink not data centres and colonising Mars

SpaceX’s value lies in Starlink not data centres and colonising Mars

The initial public offering would be a far cleaner deal if SpaceX were made up of just its rocket launch and satellite business.

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Chris Hughes

On gender, the sex commissioner is gaslighting us

On gender, the sex commissioner is gaslighting us

The commissioner’s recent declaration that trans women can be considered potentially pregnant had every hairdresser talking, and not in a way that...

11.06.2026 10

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Pru Goward

KPMG leaks make extended whistleblower protections a no-brainer

KPMG leaks make extended whistleblower protections a no-brainer

The Albanese government must stop wasting consultancy crises and fix a glaring regulatory black hole that leaves workers in the dark.

11.06.2026 10

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Kieran Pender

Britain’s race reckoning: Australia’s social cohesion challenge

Britain’s race reckoning: Australia’s social cohesion challenge

The UK now presents as a tribalised tinderbox. The challenges emerging here may not be as serious, but they are also no cause for complacency.

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The Afr View

Activism the rising risk to data centre investment

Activism the rising risk to data centre investment

Community and environmental groups are starting to reframe the facilities as energy-intensive industrial developments competing with households and...

10.06.2026 10

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Greg daniel

Hot war with Iran escalates economic cost

Hot war with Iran escalates economic cost

The resurgence of open warfare in the Middle East exposes the increasing vulnerability of the Australian economy.

10.06.2026 20

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Jennifer Hewett

Why Australian miners are wary of China’s big squeeze on iron ore

Why Australian miners are wary of China’s big squeeze on iron ore

The risk for BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue is not a sudden collapse in demand from Beijing. Rather, it’s a gradual erosion of their collective...

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Jessica Sier

Jacinta Allan is on the nose. But does Jess Wilson have the right stuff?

Jacinta Allan is on the nose. But does Jess Wilson have the right stuff?

With desperate Labor and One Nation breathing down their neck, the Coalition simply cannot wait until the election campaign itself to spell out...

10.06.2026 10

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Terry Barnes

I’m disabled. The last thing I need is NDIS run by big charities

I’m disabled. The last thing I need is NDIS run by big charities

Consolidating the sector into a few large providers is the opposite of what is needed. The future lies with participants who are supported to manage...

10.06.2026 20

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Paul barry

The new KPI for public servants: Avoiding a viral Senate moment

The new KPI for public servants: Avoiding a viral Senate moment

With questions on notice more than tripling since 2022, the growing administrative burden of parliamentary scrutiny must be diverting vital resources...

10.06.2026 10

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Melissa Bray

Labor’s tax fight is holding NDIS reform hostage

Labor’s tax fight is holding NDIS reform hostage

Finding savings in the $52 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme was always going to create losers, attract fierce lobbying and test political...

10.06.2026 20

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The Afr View

Jacinta Allan’s future as precarious as Victoria’s

Jacinta Allan’s future as precarious as Victoria’s

Allan’s Labor government is on the nose with Victorian voters and her own colleagues are mulling whether to replace her ahead of the November...

10.06.2026 10

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Jennifer Hewett

Australia’s performative regulation reflex is costing billions

Australia’s performative regulation reflex is costing billions

We can’t lay all the red tape blame at the feet of hapless bureaucrats or politicians. The desire for more oversight ultimately stems from our risk...

09.06.2026 10

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Danielle Wood

One Nation’s great disruption is Australia’s Machiavellian moment

One Nation’s great disruption is Australia’s Machiavellian moment

We confront a crisis of national confidence and the sense that our political order and institutions are not equal to today’s internal and external...

09.06.2026 20

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John Kunkel

What is Kevin Warsh’s plan for the shadow banking system?

What is Kevin Warsh’s plan for the shadow banking system?

US government debt and the size of the collateral-based non-bank financial intermediaries sector need to lose weight. This should come first.

09.06.2026 20

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Adrian Blundell-Wignall

Why now might be a good time to buy a hotel, warehouse or office

Why now might be a good time to buy a hotel, warehouse or office

An end to negative gearing for established dwellings, alongside tighter residential lending limits, may make commercial property more attractive to...

09.06.2026 20

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Sam Tamblyn

Netanyahu’s big gamble as Trump’s anger grows

Netanyahu’s big gamble as Trump’s anger grows

Israel’s leader faces a very difficult choice. Does he call off strikes against Iran and Hezbollah or does he defy the US president and endanger the...

09.06.2026 10

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Gideon Rachman

Musk’s SpaceX IPO matters far beyond Wall Street

Musk’s SpaceX IPO matters far beyond Wall Street

The prospect of a Rockefeller-like figure such as Elon Musk ruling the galaxy will sit uncomfortably with many. But the West has few alternatives.

09.06.2026 20

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Anjali Nadaradjane